Crossword Clue Game

  1. Part of NASCAR
  2. Fill the shelves
  3. Chicken, beef, or vegetable
  4. Soup starter
  5. AAPL or MSFT
  1. Brand of vermouth
  2. Type of race car
  3. Warehouse goods
  4. It might be traded
  5. Rifle part

So many equally good answers! I’m just going to pick one by @FastDan1,which I’ve seen a variation on in one of the daily LATimes puzzles:

All yours, @FastDan1!

I am sad to admit it, but it took me a full 24 hour day to ‘get’ this. Literally had to sit back more inches from the screen and take in the whole big picture before the “aha!” moment. [guess it was an insider tip] :smirk: :smirk: .

Pre brain-injury it would have been instantaneous and I could have thought of similarly clever, wry clues. Now you all know why I read/lurk and don’t push myself off the precipice by trying to write them. I do very much enjoy all of yours though. Looking forward to the annual convention when we can all get together and bend elbows and each other’s ears…

Sweet!

Lets try TAPE

  1. Video or audio
  2. Undrinkable Scotch?
  3. Recording medium
  4. Painter’s mask?
  5. Stick together
  1. Prepare drywall

  2. Record for posterity

  3. Bias

  4. Worm

  5. Hurricane prep

  1. Don’t drink this type of Scotch
  2. Obsolete medium for eight tracks
  3. Outlines the event of a crime
  4. Fasten without pins
  5. Ribbon
  1. Where the 18-minute gap caused by the “Rose Mary Stretch” was
  2. Single-item mall store product on Saturday Night Live
  3. Duct or duck
  4. Ruler alternative
  5. Tacky sticker
  1. It improves the control of the puck.
  2. Placebo elastic therapeutic treatment.
  3. Six feet of bubble gum – for you, not them.
  4. One may cut through this to dodge bumbledom.
  5. George nurtures a secret crush on Elaine in this episode.

Knowed_Out had virtually the same thing, but I think this is the perfect clue:

Lets play @Spoons!

Okay, let’s try:

PAPER

  1. The type of tiger that isn’t dangerous
  2. Peddle this and go away
  3. Fate decider along with rock and scissors
  4. The type of plate you don’t need to wash
  5. Type of clip
  1. Dunder Mifflin product
  2. Starting weight?
  3. One of the options at checkout
  4. Plate or mache
  5. Lightweight plane
  1. Plastic alternative
  2. Rice or crepe _______
  3. Airplane or crane construction material
  4. Cinematic Moon, Lion, or Chase
  5. News or wall finish
  1. It replaced papyrus.
  2. A thing of the past in the news business.
  3. It showed up in Western toilets in the 19th century.
  4. The green variety makes the world go round.
  5. It represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Many clever entries this time around. I like this one from needscoffee best:

Well done, needscoffee! Let’s have the next word.

Thanks! Sorry for the delay.

New word: SHADOW

  1. Follow closely
  2. Umbra
  3. Dog bound homeward?
  4. With “The,” Lamont Cranston
  5. Object cast by gnomon

This is the Romanian word for shadow. :slight_smile: